James DeClerck

Contact

jdeclerck@mtu.edu
906-487-2246
R. L. Smith 906

Professor of Practice, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Faculty Advisor, Formula SAE Enterprise

PhD, Michigan Technological University

Biography

Dr. James De Clerck is a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Michigan Technological University. He earned BS, MS and PhD degrees from Michigan Tech, receiving his PhD in Engineering Mechanics in 1991.

Prior to joining the Michigan Tech faculty in 2009, Jim was a Project Design Engineer at the General Motors Noise and Vibration Center where he worked on improving vehicle noise and vibration performance at every stage of the vehicle development process. Jim led the development and implementation of new vibration analysis and testing technology. He also developed techniques for establishing design performance requirements and for validating analytical model predictions.

Michigan Tech Racing Formula SAE

Jim is a former advisor for the Michigan Tech Formula SAE Team. Jim is an instructor for MEP 3, MEP 4, System Dynamics, Vibrations, Machine Design, and Analytical Vibro-Acoustics classes. His areas of expertise include noise and vibration, structural dynamics, design, modal analysis, model validation, inverse methods applied to design, and advanced measurement techniques.

Jim is a member of SAE and SEM and is former President of the Society for Experimental Mechanics.

Links of Interest

Areas of Expertise

Noise and Vibration
Model Validation
Modal Analysis
Structural Dynamics

Research Interests

Model Validation
Digital Data Processing
Robust Engineering
Noise and Vibration
System Design

Recent Publications

De Clerck and Doerr, 2006, “Application of Statistical Model Validation to a Truck Frame,” Proceedings of the 2006 SAE World Congress & Exhibition, SAE Paper No. 2006-01-0281, Detroit, MI.
De Clerck, Doerr, Muresan, and Tu, 2006, “Application of a Statistical Model Validation Approach to a Sheet Metal Stamping.” Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth IMAC Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Avitabile, Tsuji, O’Callahan, and De Clerck, 2005, “Reallocation of System Mass and Stiffness for Achieving Target Specifications using a Superelement/Substructuring Methodology,” International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, Volume 1, Nos. 3/4.
Avitabile, Tsuji, O’Callahan, and De Clerck, 2004, “Reallocation of System Mass and Stiffness for Achieving Target Specifications,” International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, Volume 1, Nos. 1/2.
Avitabile, Tsuji, O’Callahan, and De Clerck, 2004, “Reallocation of System Mass and Stiffness for Achieving Target Specifications using a Superelement/Substructuring Methodology,” Proceedings of the Twenty-second IMAC Conference, Dearborn, MI.
Foulkes, M.G., De Clerck, J. P., and Singh, R., 2003, “Vibration Characteristics of Cardboard Inserts in Shells,” Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems, Vol. 112(6), pp. 1718-1725.
De Clerck and Cafeo, 2003, “Vibration Model Validation Based on Statistical Confidence of Modal Property Predictions,” Proceedings of the Twenty-first IMAC Conference, Orlando, FL.

Office Hours

by appointment